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Aureliano Pertile
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Aureliano Pertile (9 November 1885, Montagnana - 11 January 1952, Milan) was an Italian lyric-dramatic tenor. He is considered to have been one of the most exciting operatic artists of the inter-war period, and one of the most important tenors of the entire 20th century. Pertile was born in Montagnana, Northern Italy, 18 days after the birth of another celebrated tenor, Giovanni Martinelli, in the same town. He studied with Orefice in Padua, and Bavognoli in Milan, before making his operatic debut as Lyonel in Martha, in 1911, in Vicenza. Aureliano Pertile, 1933. After singing in regional Italy and South America, Pertile first sang at the premier Italian opera house, La Scala, Milan, in 1916. He appeared on this occasion as Paolo in Francesca da Rimini, opposite Rosa Raïsa. Pertile made his New York Metropolitan Opera debut as Cavaradossi in Tosca, with Maria Jeritza in the title role, on 1 December 1921. In his only season at the Met, his other roles included des Grieux in Manon Lescaut, Turiddu in Cavalleria rusticana, Grigori in Boris Godunov (with Feodor Chaliapin), Radames in Aida, the title role in Pagliacci( opposite Florence Easton), and Julien in Louise (opposite Geraldine Farrar). He also participated in performances of Louise with the Met's touring company at Philadelphia and in Brooklyn. Thereafter he returned to Italy, where he established himself as the leading tenor at La Scala from 1927 to 1937, becoming a favourite singer of the principal conductor Arturo
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Lohengrin - Mercè, Mercè, Cigno Gentil
922Amor ti vieta (Fedora)
793Un di all´azzuro spazio (Andrea Chenier)
444Di quella pira (Il Trovatore)
345Mattinata
226Il Trovatore: Di quella pira
207Donna non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut)
198Ah si, ben mio coll`essere (Il Trovatore)
199L' elisir d' amore: "Una furtiva lagrima"
1710A te, o cara (I Puritani)
17albums
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Lebendige Vergangenheit - Aureliano Pertile (Vol.3)
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A Classical Encyclopedia: W as in Wagner
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Lebendige Vergangenheit - Aureliano Pertile (Vol. 2)
Pertile Edition, Vol. 2: Il Tenore di Toscanini
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Lebendige Vergangenheit - Aureliano Pertile
The Early Rare Acoustic Recordings (1923-1925)
Aureliano Pertile : Recital
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Audio Archive Classics Tito Schipa
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Four Golden Tenors Of The Past
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Italian Popular Songs, Vol. 1 (1930-1950)
The Harold Wayne Collection Vol. 39
Lebendige Vergangenheit